WHYDAH


Meaning of WHYDAH in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈhwi-də, ˈwi- ]

noun

Etymology: alteration of widow (bird)

Date: 1783

: any of various mostly brownish African passerine birds (genera Euplectes and Vidua ) often kept as cage birds and distinguished in the male by black-and-white plumage and by long tail feathers during the breeding season

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.